Box for garments.



R F. QUTHLBERT. BOX FOR GARMENTS.

' APPLICATION FILED NOV- 9.1915- Patented May 30, 1916.

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ROBERT F. CUTHBERT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THEO. TIEDEIVIANN &

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BOX FOR GARMENTS.

Application filed November 9, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT F. CUTHBERT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, county of Kings, and State of New York, (whose post-oflice address is 54 Wellington Court, Brooklyn,

New York,) have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Boxes for Garments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a box or receptacle for containing articles of wearing apparel and more especially womens dresses, and the object of this invention is to provide a box of this character for holding such artiole, so that while the box may be of small containing capacitv the article can be secured therein in such a manner as to prevent undue creasing or folding and so arranged that the entire article can be displayed without detaching or removing the same from the box.

These and other improvements are accomplished by my invention, a more particular description of which will appear below.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this application, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of the box provided with my improvement; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the entire box; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the frame; and Fig. 4 is asectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow, a portion of the garment being shown in section to show the method of attaching the same to the frame.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters indicate similar parts.

My invention may be applied to any shape of box or receptacle and l have shown the same used in connection with a box having a. bottom 1, sides 2 and ends 3. To strengthen the box, the upper edges are provided with strips of solid material such as wood 4. The frame to which the garment 5 is secured, consists of a pair of resilient arms 6, the ends of said arms being ofl-set at 7, which ends extend in perforations 8, in the sides of the box in the solid portions 4, and pivot therein. The arms 6 are connected by a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3t), 19916.

Serial No. 60,478.

wardly in like manner at 11 and then outwardly, where the two portions are connected by a loop 12 forming a lug which is flattened at 13 to rest on the upper edge of the solid'portion 4 and not interfere with a cover which may be applied to the box. Adacent its ends, where they join the upright portion 10, the cross rod 9 is provided with flattened portions 14, which are perforated at 15.

From the foregoing, the operation of my improved device will be readily understood. The off-set ends 7 are inserted in the perforations 8, from which they are readily removable in case of the breakage of the box so that the garment can be transferred to another box without detaching it from the frame, which means of attachment will be described below. The resiliency of these arms 6 hold the portions 7 in the perforations. The loops or lugs 12 rest on the upper edge of the box and support that end of the frame.

The garment 5 may be secured in any manner in the box to hold the same secure during transportation. Adjacent one end of the box I have shown it secured to the bottom 1 by stitches 16, and the lower end of the dress passes over the cross rod 9, to which it is secured adjacent its sides by stitches 17 passing through the perforations 15 in the cross rod. The cross rod 9 extends across the box at a position below the cover, so that the portion of the dress or other garment resting on said cross rod does not contact with the under surface of the cover.

To display the entire length of the dress or other garment, the frame is swung out on its pivots so that the cross bar end extends over the end of the box-as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the end of the dress extending out over the end of the box and on the frame, the entire garment being readily displayed to a purchaser without removing the same from the box.

From the foregoing, it will be noted that I have provided a box in which garments can readily be displayed. It will also be noted that the frame supports the ends of the garment in such a manner that the overlapped portions do not rest upon one another, tending to form creases or folds in the garment.

From the foregoing, it is obvious that my invention is not to be restricted to the exact structure herein shown and described but is broad enough to cover all structures coming Within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having described my invention, What I claim is: I

1. A device of the class described comprising a box for containing a garment, a pivoted frame Within said box, said frame having projections at one of its ends for supporting that end of the frame, lugs on the other end of the frame for supporting that end of the frame Within the box and a cross rod on the frame for supporting a garment.

I 2. A device of the class described com-- prising a box for containing a garment, a

frame having one of its ends pivotally secured to the sides of said box, lugs on the other end of said frame resting on the upper edge of the box and a cross rod at the end of the frame upon which the lugs are formed, for attachment to a portion of the garment.

8. A device of the class described comprising a box for containing a garment, a frame having a pair of resilient arms the ends of said arms being pivotally mounted in the sides of the box and a cross rod connecting the opposite ends of said arms for supporting the garment and lugs situated at the end of the frame adjacent the cross rod for supporting that end of the frame within the box.

4:. A device of the class described'comprising a box for containing a garment, a frame pivotally and detachably mounted Within said box having a pair of resilient arms,the pivots for the frame being situated on one end of said arms, a cross rod connecting the other ends of said arms and lugs formed on said frame adjacent the cross rod and adapted to engage the upper edge of the box.

5. A device of the class described, comprising a box for containing a garment, a frame having a pair of resilient arms piroted within said box and detachably removable therefrom, a pair of openings in the sides of the box adapted to be engaged by off-set portions on one end of said arms, a cross rod extending across thebox and connecting the other ends of the box and lugs situated on said frame adjacent the ends of cross rod and above the same.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 29th day of October, 1915.

ROBERT F. CUTHBERT. 

